Battle of Canberra - AFL vs NRL

[Beaussie]

AFL

Greater Western Sydney vs St Kilda - Crowd - 11,092


NRL

Canberra vs New Zealand - Crowd - 9,969

Oh deary me.

Hi Raiderdave, did you end up going to the game?

[Rabbit]

WTF the raiders won you ******

[piesman2011]

WTF the raiders won you ******

Are you ********? If so carry on.

[Drac]

WTF the raiders won you ******

[Stewie]

WTF the raiders won you ******

[Beaussie]

WTF the raiders won you ******

Oh dear

That aside... hey Raiderdave, you out there reading this??? Care to join the discussion????

Imagine, just picture this, Raiderdave off the couch and out at Canberra Stadium last night.

Poor fuck looking around at the pitiful crowd and thinking - "those fucking 'Midgets' got a much bigger crowd today in Canberra. In Canberra FFS" :**** :**** :****

"WTF NRL/Raiders, why don't the people of Canberra give a rats about us he says to himself. I'm going home early. I bet them fucking singletball fans are laughing hard tonight. (we are )

Grrrr I hate them merkins." :**** :**** :**** :**** :****

[Rabbit]

Nice work on changing your post Knobhead. I wasn't referring to the crowd but the result

[Xman]

THE GWS Giants lost on the scoreboard, but won the battle of the codes at the turnstiles.

An extra 1300 fans turned up to see the Giants get pumped by nearly 100 points rather than the Raiders record another thrilling come-from-behind victory.

A Manuka Oval record for a Giants game of 11,092 turned up to see the AFL new boys go down to St Kilda on Saturday in the first AFL match under lights at the venue.

Three hours later, a crowd of 9699 witnessed the Raiders come from the clouds to overhaul the New Zealand Warriors 20-16 at Canberra Stadium.

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While not wanting to engage in a code war, Giants coach Kevin Sheedy said the strong support showed the Canberra community had started to get behind the Giants.

''We really feel like we're starting to get more involvement in building our club [in Canberra] … they know that we're here, that we'll never leave,'' Sheedy said.

''Andrew Demetriou has stamped that we'll keep developing NSW and being a part of Canberra is just a huge important step in that direction along with western Sydney.

''And once we get that it'll be like Geelong supporters driving down to Melbourne to watch … we expect that to happen eventually [for Giants supporters in Canberra and Sydney].

''Great to see that 11,000 and we'll get more.''

In fairness to the Raiders, the Warriors are traditionally one of the lowest-drawing teams in the competition.

A crowd of 10,800 turned up to last year's match, won by the Raiders 32-12, which was played in perfect conditions on a Sunday afternoon.

Before that, crowds of just over 8000 were in attendance at their previous two games with the Warriors in 2009 and 2007 respectively.

Despite the attendance figures, Raiders chief executive Don Furner remained upbeat.

''I'm very happy with the almost 10,000 people that showed up there tonight. Great game for them to witness,'' he said.

''We're very happy we have supporters and hope to see an even bigger crowd next time we're back home.''

With the Giants game kicking off at 4.40pm and the Raiders starting nearly three hours later, a committed group of fans of both codes took in both games.

The Raiders issued a cheeky press release on Friday headlined, 'Come and see Canberra's local Giants', with a photo of their four front-rowers - David Shillington, Dane Tilse, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs and Brett White - in a not-to-subtle dig at their cross-town rivals.

The Giants play three games in Canberra every year as compared to the 12 of the Raiders and eight Super Rugby games for the Brumbies.

It was the first time this season the Raiders have failed to attract

at least a crowd of 10,000.

Their first home game against the St George Illawarra Dragons was watched by 12,115 fans, while 10,969 were on hand to see the Raiders beat the Roosters 24-22 last Sunday.

The Giants' next match in Canberra is against the Gary Ablett-led Gold Coast Suns on Saturday week.''When you see a player like that, he's a draw card, he's a draw card like Black Caviar,'' Sheedy said.

''When you get draw card players people [come], there's only 'x' amount of chances to see him in Canberra live.''

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/AFL/AFL ... z2QNq1o9Wj

[piesman2011]

Nice work on changing your post Knobhead. I wasn't referring to the crowd but the result

Theres no edit next to his post. Try again.

[Rabbit]

Well when I posted that he had wrote at the bottom "And to cap it off they lost to the last placed warriors" which is what I was referring to. He obviously jumped the gun when it was 16 to 4 with 10 mins to go.

[piesman2011]

Well when I posted that he had wrote at the bottom "And to cap it off they lost to the last placed warriors" which is what I was referring to. He obviously jumped the gun when it was 16 to 4 with 10 mins to go.

Fair enough. The edit might have come in between when you saw his original post and before you posted.

[Stewie]

THE GWS Giants lost on the scoreboard, but won the battle of the codes at the turnstiles.

An extra 1300 fans turned up to see the Giants get pumped by nearly 100 points rather than the Raiders record another thrilling come-from-behind victory.

A Manuka Oval record for a Giants game of 11,092 turned up to see the AFL new boys go down to St Kilda on Saturday in the first AFL match under lights at the venue.

Three hours later, a crowd of 9699 witnessed the Raiders come from the clouds to overhaul the New Zealand Warriors 20-16 at Canberra Stadium.

Advertisement
While not wanting to engage in a code war, Giants coach Kevin Sheedy said the strong support showed the Canberra community had started to get behind the Giants.

''We really feel like we're starting to get more involvement in building our club [in Canberra] … they know that we're here, that we'll never leave,'' Sheedy said.

''Andrew Demetriou has stamped that we'll keep developing NSW and being a part of Canberra is just a huge important step in that direction along with western Sydney.

''And once we get that it'll be like Geelong supporters driving down to Melbourne to watch … we expect that to happen eventually [for Giants supporters in Canberra and Sydney].

''Great to see that 11,000 and we'll get more.''

In fairness to the Raiders, the Warriors are traditionally one of the lowest-drawing teams in the competition.

A crowd of 10,800 turned up to last year's match, won by the Raiders 32-12, which was played in perfect conditions on a Sunday afternoon.

Before that, crowds of just over 8000 were in attendance at their previous two games with the Warriors in 2009 and 2007 respectively.

Despite the attendance figures, Raiders chief executive Don Furner remained upbeat.

''I'm very happy with the almost 10,000 people that showed up there tonight. Great game for them to witness,'' he said.

''We're very happy we have supporters and hope to see an even bigger crowd next time we're back home.''

With the Giants game kicking off at 4.40pm and the Raiders starting nearly three hours later, a committed group of fans of both codes took in both games.

The Raiders issued a cheeky press release on Friday headlined, 'Come and see Canberra's local Giants', with a photo of their four front-rowers - David Shillington, Dane Tilse, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs and Brett White - in a not-to-subtle dig at their cross-town rivals.

The Giants play three games in Canberra every year as compared to the 12 of the Raiders and eight Super Rugby games for the Brumbies.

It was the first time this season the Raiders have failed to attract

at least a crowd of 10,000.

Their first home game against the St George Illawarra Dragons was watched by 12,115 fans, while 10,969 were on hand to see the Raiders beat the Roosters 24-22 last Sunday.

The Giants' next match in Canberra is against the Gary Ablett-led Gold Coast Suns on Saturday week.''When you see a player like that, he's a draw card, he's a draw card like Black Caviar,'' Sheedy said.

''When you get draw card players people [come], there's only 'x' amount of chances to see him in Canberra live.''

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/AFL/AFL ... z2QNq1o9Wj

eat a dick Raiderdave!

He can't "scanning... News Ltd!" this eather.

[Drac]

STV Ratings are in

Raiders 85k
GWS: 178k

Literally less than half, and that's without the FTA ratings on Sydney on 7mate.

Or are the TV ratings fudged too Dave? hahahahahahahahah

[Xman]

STV Ratings are in

Raiders 85k
GWS: 178k

Literally less than half, and that's without the FTA ratings on Sydney on 7mate.

Or are the TV ratings fudged too Dave? hahahahahahahahah

Oh no, poor Dave, the giants smash the raiders in crowds and TV ratings!

[Raiderdave]

STV Ratings are in

Raiders 85k
GWS: 178k

Literally less than half, and that's without the FTA ratings on Sydney on 7mate.

Or are the TV ratings fudged too Dave? hahahahahahahahah

how'd the Queef clash go ..... 73K on pay



73K.....


the midgets game was up against ..... nothing else on TV... zip .. nada
they are .. APPALLING numbers

the Raiders game up against the top of the table clash in the NRL
85K was a tremendous effort
the NRL attracted 470K viewers ...7.30 to 9.30
the VFL for its 2 games ...
about half that ....

whopped twere vicky kicky .... again